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Post-doctorate researcher
Sivamathini Rajappa

Sivamathini Rajappa

Sivamathini Rajappa
Education / Career
2022 - 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
2017 - 2021: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2014-2016: M.Tech in Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
2010-2014: B.Tech in Biotechnology, Anna University Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, India
Research Interests
Publications

Rajappa, S., Krishnamurthy, P., and Kumar, P. P. (2020). Regulation of AtKUP2 Expression by bHLH and WRKY Transcription Factors Helps to Confer Increased Salt Tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana Plants. Front. Plant Sci. 11, 1311.

Al-Harrasi, I., Jana, G. A., Patankar, H. V., Al-Yahyai, R., Rajappa, S., Kumar, P. P., & Yaish, M. W. (2020). A novel tonoplast Na+/H+ antiporter gene from date palm (PdNHX6) confers enhanced salt tolerance response in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports, 1–15.

P. Krishnamurthy, B. Vishal, K. Khoo, S. Rajappa, C. S. Loh, and P. P. Kumar, (2019) “Expression of AoNHX1 increases salt tolerance of rice and Arabidopsis, and bHLH transcription factors regulate AtNHX1 and AtNHX6 in Arabidopsis,” Plant Cell Rep., vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1299–1315.